New Cairo , as its name would imply , is the newest district in Cairo. Located in what was just recently all desert , in 2001 a Boston firm brought forth a master plan aimed at building up this area. A self-explanatory name , in Arabic it is generally referred to as ‘El Tagamu El Khamis’ - which translates to The Fifth Settlement , though this is not entirely accurate. The New Cairo district roughly consists of The Fifth Settlement , Katameya and Rehab City.